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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

P. DANIEL, DECEASED, OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY; JNO. F. DUNNINGTON, ADMINISTRATOR.

MODE 0F OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 20,701, dated June 29, 1858i.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER DANIEL, of Franklin county, Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mode of Generating Motive Power; and I do hereby decla-re that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of certain devices the peculiarities of which will be hereinafter fully described.

In order that others skilled in the arts may manufacture and use my machine I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 1s a side elevation.

In Fig. l, A is the frame of the machine, A and A are horizontal shafts secured in this frame. 1 and 2 are large pulleys secured to shaft A and 3, is a large cog wheel secured to the same shaft. 5 is a large cog wheel secured to shaft A, and 6, and 7, are large pulleys secured to said shaft, all being located in the relative positions seen in the drawings. S, and S are horizontal shafts secured to the frame A, in a position above the shafts A', and A. K, is a pulley secured to shaft S, and K is a pulley in like manner secured to shaft S', K, being directly above pulley 1, and K being directly over pulley 6. 4, is a cog wheel of smaller dimension secured in a osition between wheel 3, and wheel 5. This cog wheel has an adjustable bearing by means of which it may be moved in gear or out of gear with the two wheels 3, and 5. L, is a shaft connecting with wheel 4, and which serves to convey power from the machine to any desired point. (i) is a lever to which is secured the cord J, said lever being attached to the adjustable piece in which 4, has its bearing, 4 being thrown in or out of gear by means of this cord and lever. (d d) is a railroad, said road being poised on the center shaft CZ. (e e) is a railroad also poised on center shaft e. 6, and c, are pulleys around which cords pass for the purpose of operating the rail roads as will be described. (a) is a pulley around which cord J, passes.

In Fig. 2,.it will be seen that A is the frame of the machine. 3, t, and 5, are the cog wheels seen and described in Fig. 1, 4:, being the center wheel which has its bearing in the adjustable piece Gr. F, is a cord one end of which is secured to the car E, the other passing around pulley 2, is secured to it. There is also a cord, one end being secured to a corresponding car, the other in like manner passing over pulley 7, is secured to it. F', is a cord secured at one end to pulley l, the other' end passing up over the pulley K, has a weight 0 secured to it, L, is a cord one end being secured to pulley 6 and the other passing over pulley K has also a weight O, secured to it. B and B, are levers which have their bearings or fulcrums at m, the short ends of these levers being secured respectively to the two ends of the rail road e by means of the cords c', c. C, is a cord one end of which is secured to the outer extremity of lever B, passes around pulley P', and up to and around the wheel M, down and around pulley f, and is secured to the extremity of the long arm oflever B. D, and D', are uprights in which the levers B, and B have their fulcrums, or bearings. iS a lever secured to the adjustable piece Gr, and operated by means of the cord J, Fig. l, for the purpose of operating said piece G, and throwing wheels 8 and 5, in or out of gear with wheel t.

In the operation o-f this machine we will suppose that 0 is wound up and is running the machinery connected to shaft L, Fig. l. Now while this weight is running down I am winding up weight O, in the following manner. The car E, being heavily freighted, is made to run on the railroad, e, now this rai1- road working on a movable or iXed center it will be seen that when the wheel M, is turned in one direction the railroad will be tilted up, and the car will run down an inclined plane, and thus draw up the weight. The car is freighted sufficiently to draw up the weight before the other weight 0 runs down. When the weight 0 runs down and I wish to set the other weight at work, I throw the wheel 4 in gear with wheel 3 by means of lever, z', and then by turning the wheel M, in an opposite direction, the car run olif to the other end of the track and relieves the weight of its power. The power of the weight is then free to act on the machinery attached to the shaft L. While this weight is running down t-he other weight is wound up in the same manner by means of the car on the other track, and as soon as this is wound up, and the other runs down, I throw wheel 4:, in gear with wheel 5, by means of lever, z', then tilt the railroad up to relieve the weight and thus the machinery is kept constantly in motion.

I may find it convenient to have a catch for the purpose of stationing the shafts S and S, Fig. l, in order to keep the weight suspended while the railroad is being tilted back for the car to relieve t-he weight of its power. This catch will suspend the weight until the other weight runs down and then this side of the machine being thrown in gear, the catch is removed and the machinery moves on without any stoppage.

It will be seen that the wheel 4, being placed between two wheels, which run in opposite directions, that when in gear with first one and then the other of these wheels it always runs in one direction, thus giving the machinery when in operation only a forward motion.

rIhe advantage to be derived from this machine is that one person, stationed at the wheel M, may tilt up the railroad by means of the very great lever power here employed so that the cars may run down and wind up the weights, the same person may operate the lever, z', and thus throw the wheels in and out of gear as may be required, by one weight running down and attaching the other. It will not be necessary to raise the end of the railroad much in order to have the car start down toward the other end and thus commence the operation of drawing up the weights. If my weights 0, and 0 weigh 1,000 lbs. apiece it may be necessary to make the cars weigh 5,000 or 6,000, lbs. apiece in order to draw them up and as my leverage is very great, I may use double that weight and still have the machine operated by one man. I may have the ends of my railroads to rest on movable timbers when the road is level and then have a rolling center which may be placed very near to one end of the track when the car is stationed and then as soon as it starts down it will bear the road down by its own weight without t-he necessity of the mans turning the wheel M, more than once around. I may vary my forms and machinery some not conining myself to the exact description as herein found.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-- The arrangement of pulleys 1, 2, 6, 7, wheels, 3, 4, 5, lever, i, belt or cord J, shafts S, and S, and pulleys is, c, with the cords, F, F, weights 0, 0, car E, railroad e, and

vthe lever, B, B', pulleys P, and f, cord C,

and wheel M, when all are operated in the manner herein set forth and for the purpose described.

PETER DANIEL.

l/Vitnesses:

C. M. ALEXANDER, T. H. ALEXANDER. 

